Appendix K

Troubleshooting

Other electronic products can cause interference with your cordless phone. Try installing your phone as far away from these types of electronic devices as possible: television sets, VCRs, or other cordless telephones.

The batteries

If the cordless handset is in the telephone base or

will not hold a

 

charger and the charge light does not come on, refer to

charge.

 

The charge light is off in this Troubleshooting guide.

 

Charge the battery in the cordless handset for at least

 

 

16 hours. For optimum daily performance, return the

 

 

cordless handset to the telephone base or charger when

 

 

not in use.

 

You may need to purchase a new battery. Please refer

 

 

to Battery installation and charging (pages 8-9) in this

 

 

user’s manual.

 

 

 

I get noise,

If you subscribe to high-speed Internet service (digital

static, or weak

 

subscriber line - DSL) through your telephone lines, you

signals even

 

must install a DSL filter between the telephone base

when I’m near

 

and the telephone wall jack (see the following page).

the telephone

 

The filter prevents noise and caller ID problems caused

base.

 

by DSL interference. Please contact your DSL service

 

 

provider for more information about DSL filters.

 

You may be able to improve the performance of your

 

 

cordless phone by installing your new telephone base

 

 

as far as possible from any other existing cordless

 

 

telephone system that may already be installed.

 

Other electronic products can cause interference to

 

 

your cordless phone. Try installing your phone as far

 

 

away from the following electronic devices as possible:

 

 

television sets, VCRs, or other cordless telephones.

 

Do not install this phone near a microwave oven or

 

 

on the same electrical outlet. You may experience

 

 

decreased performance while the microwave oven

 

 

is operating.

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AT&T SL82418, SL82218 user manual Charge light is off in this Troubleshooting guide